Word: carliner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There were signs everywhere that Carter's plummeting popularity was making many Democrats consider voting for an open convention. Kansas Governor John Carlin told Vice President Walter Mondale that Carter appeared "inflexible" and "heavyhanded" and that while he could well win the rules fight, the result would be a divisive convention and a "hollow victory." A majority of Carter's 23 delegates in Kansas were expected to follow the Governor's call for an open convention, although still supporting the President for renomination. In Illinois, which has Carter's largest delegation (his edge...